so did anyone sit by the entrance and watch the people getting tackled that tried to make a run for it? while i waited for my friends who were sold hard tickets (which ended up being canceled by the person that sold them to them and then re printed) i watched person after person trying to run through and get tackled.

i did see a girl make it through though, the marine type guys wouldnt tackle her. i asked one later in the day if they could tackle a girl and the guy said they had the authority to do it but none of them would.

so i guess if you are a girl going to coachella just run through the entrance.

anonimouse

04-21-2009, 06:26 AM

i didnt hang out in that area too much but i didnt see any tackling. not sure what those people were expecting anyway. if you dont have a valid ticket then you are basically trespassing. this is why you cant trust people selling tickets in the parking lot anymore (as if you ever really could)

dont get me wrong, i've snuck into quite a few shows before but thats always been ninja styles. you try to charge the front gate you are always going to get a response of brute force. you arent really leaving them any other choice

anyway now im curious. how many people are we talking here and what was the farthest you saw anyone get other than the girls?

carokube

04-21-2009, 06:31 AM

we were walking to our locker and we saw two dudes climbing up the other side of the fence. we didn't really know what was going on until one guy makes it, lands on the lockers, and jumps down and starts running like hell, and then the other guy got pulled down on the other side... never to be seen again...

Trillis

04-21-2009, 07:09 AM

I watched them tackle plenty of girls. Some of them were taken down just as hard the guys. While we were in line sunday, multiple groups of people were trying to gate crash. After it settled down they started scanning tickets again. After I was scanned and let through, I bolted to see how far I would make it. They were on me pretty quick and quite surprised when I told them I was excited to be at and just felt like running. The guy that scanned my ticket was laughing his as off at his fellow security guards. It was so hot that I went and bought them all some water. Good times...

Dogvolta

04-21-2009, 10:08 AM

I watched them tackle plenty of girls. Some of them were taken down just as hard the guys. While we were in line sunday, multiple groups of people were trying to gate crash. After it settled down they started scanning tickets again. After I was scanned and let through, I bolted to see how far I would make it. They were on me pretty quick and quite surprised when I told them I was excited to be at and just felt like running. The guy that scanned my ticket was laughing his as off at his fellow security guards. It was so hot that I went and bought them all some water. Good times...

Haha! Thats freaking great, I don't know if I would have the balls to do that.

BrettShipes

04-21-2009, 10:21 AM

On Saturday about 30 or 40 people all ran in at once and most of them made it. Sunday was madness and they were tackling people right and left for a while.

Also, on Friday when I was entering through camping, they forgot to check my ticket after the security check. I had to actually find the person who was checking. So I can see how easy it could potentially be if you're slick.

Casino Logic

04-21-2009, 02:40 PM

On Saturday about 30 or 40 people all ran in at once and most of them made it. Sunday was madness and they were tackling people right and left for a while.

YES! 100% I saw this go down too. We just happened to be going to the locker when about 30 people came running thru or over the main entrance screaming WOOOOHOOOO! I only saw 1 guy get tackled and HARD. The security guard got him up, had him by the arm and walked him towards the entrance... except about 1-2 minutes later I see the same gate crasher jogging lightly thru the dome area... AWESOME!

I assume the other security guards just weren't getting paid enough to make the effort, because all but one security guard seemed to just be watching this happen. Although some of the gate crashers did have some pretty good fakes / moves.

robotronia

04-21-2009, 02:58 PM

was actually at that area a lot, and it was indeed fun to watch.
lots of open-field tackles, best being the full-sprint lay out that took down the backpack-wearing gazelle of an indie man-child.
saw the gate crash,
and also saw the old "friend distracts security while i hop the fence" move, which was awesome because the fence he chose had no support, so when guy one-steps fence to try and clear it, the top then folds like a crepe with him hung-up and bobbing there.
it was sad funny, kinda like rape stove or death bed.
biggest laugh of the week!

billtino

04-21-2009, 03:12 PM

YES! 100% I saw this go down too. We just happened to be going to the locker when about 30 people came running thru or over the main entrance screaming WOOOOHOOOO! I only saw 1 guy get tackled and HARD. The security guard got him up, had him by the arm and walked him towards the entrance... except about 1-2 minutes later I see the same gate crasher jogging lightly thru the dome area... AWESOME!

I assume the other security guards just weren't getting paid enough to make the effort, because all but one security guard seemed to just be watching this happen. Although some of the gate crashers did have some pretty good fakes / moves.

You know that one security guard used to be all conference free safety or linebacker in HS last year & just didn't have the grades to go to college. I would of been doing the same as him if i was a jarhead working a music fest...who cares how much he was getting paid? I guarantee you he was having a lot of FUN! Next year he will be dodging mortars & landmines in Iraq...so permission to tackle civilian trespassers is like playing dodge ball vs girls.

MantisMel

04-21-2009, 03:15 PM

I saw all this too! I was at my locker at the time and all I saw was some dude being taken down. Wicked!!

On friday I tackled a guy with a sign that said free hugs. I saw the sign ran at full sprint and had at him! Im only 5'5" and a buck twenty so he was fine. Good times!

andysinger34usmc

04-21-2009, 08:40 PM

You know that one security guard used to be all conference free safety or linebacker in HS last year & just didn't have the grades to go to college. I would of been doing the same as him if i was a jarhead working a music fest...who cares how much he was getting paid? I guarantee you he was having a lot of FUN! Next year he will be dodging mortars & landmines in Iraq...so permission to tackle civilian trespassers is like playing dodge ball vs girls.

Some Corrections Here
All Conference Linebacker & Played Strong Safety
I Didn't Do College Football Because Smaller Colleges Will Take Away Athletic Scholarships If You Get Injured And I Had Some Injury History During My Senior Season
Being Stuck Paying For College Was Not The Route That I Wanted

So You Know, Us Marines Did Not Receive ANY Pay It Was All Voluntary

May You All Know That Marines Will Also Be Hired This Weekend For Stagecoach So We Will Likely Be Offering Another Tackling Show @ The Front Gates

-Singer

beckith

04-21-2009, 08:48 PM

I watched them tackle plenty of girls. Some of them were taken down just as hard the guys. While we were in line sunday, multiple groups of people were trying to gate crash. After it settled down they started scanning tickets again. After I was scanned and let through, I bolted to see how far I would make it. They were on me pretty quick and quite surprised when I told them I was excited to be at and just felt like running. The guy that scanned my ticket was laughing his as off at his fellow security guards. It was so hot that I went and bought them all some water. Good times...

ahahaha, you are now my favorite person. takes gusto to go through with that type of experiment.

also, good on you to buy them water. :thu

quicksand

04-21-2009, 09:29 PM

I was behind a group of 7-8 guys and girls, all who were trying to "sneak" in on Sunday. First of all, how fucking stupid are you to all go in the same line together? Second, don't be a douche. It's worth the money.

anonimouse

04-22-2009, 07:01 AM

i guess all the people that tried this are the ones we can thank when they upgrade security at the gates next year. that and all the people bragging that "zomg they didnt even check my pockets!"

Trillis

04-22-2009, 10:29 AM

ahahaha, you are now my favorite person. takes gusto to go through with that type of experiment.

also, good on you to buy them water. :thu

I'm 6'1" and clock in at about 265lbs so when they realized I was legal, and wasn't gonna put up a fight, I could see the relief on their faces. Through out the whole weekend they were just killing these hipster kids. You could tell that thought process changed with me. Funneh!

RAFINGKO

04-22-2009, 10:51 AM

Are we really paying those military assholes to guard a fuckin music festival. This is bullshit! Ship them to Iraq. Or Afghanistan. To do what they really signed up for.

I saw all this go down and saw them shaking hands thinking they were all bad just cause they caught some young ass 150lb kid.

I hated them more than the thug life gangster security trying to flex muscles on little hipsters.

heyeric

04-22-2009, 10:58 AM

Where are the videos of these kids getting tackled? haha, i need a good laugh.

Tauguy

04-22-2009, 12:37 PM

I was behind a group of 7-8 guys and girls, all who were trying to "sneak" in on Sunday. First of all, how fucking stupid are you to all go in the same line together? Second, don't be a douche. It's worth the money.

We fucked it up haha. Btw it wasnt sneaking at all, it was just gonna be a bum rush. Yeah that was me, i was in front. We ended up at the Camping side because they had the front tore up. And broke in trough there hehe.
BTW
Fuck you haha. Cause I made it in crashing the gates all three days. Hahahaha So i dunno what you go.

sn0wwhiite

04-22-2009, 01:18 PM

i got taken DOWN by a group of guys sneaking in. they hoped the fence and all ran and two of them were holding hands ran right into me. ended up flat on my back and had to call the EMTs over to make sure I was ok because i hit my head really hard (i'm a girl, 5'4, 125lb so thats why i fell so hard). They caught one of the guys that hit me, and found a whole bunch of drugs in his bag...but then we saw him inside the festival later? i got whiplash, but also a sweet story to tell.

kronz420

04-22-2009, 01:28 PM

^ Bummer. They should have gave you some of his drugs

proudtoserve

04-22-2009, 04:25 PM

Are we really paying those military assholes to guard a fuckin music festival. This is bullshit! Ship them to Iraq. Or Afghanistan. To do what they really signed up for.

I saw all this go down and saw them shaking hands thinking they were all bad just cause they caught some young ass 150lb kid.

I hated them more than the thug life gangster security trying to flex muscles on little hipsters.

No you aren't paying the military to guard a festival. It was 100% voluntary. Those Marines gave up thier weekend to do that and Marines give thier lives everyday in Iraq and Afghanistan. It would seem that those of you who actually paid to attend would appreciate the fact that people who didn't pay couldn't just run thru the gates for free!!
By your message you it doesn't appear that you really appreciate the work Marines do overseas, so it's no surprise that you wouldn't appreciate them securing a simple music festival.

andysinger34usmc

04-22-2009, 04:30 PM

Are we really paying those military assholes to guard a fuckin music festival. This is bullshit! Ship them to Iraq. Or Afghanistan. To do what they really signed up for.

I saw all this go down and saw them shaking hands thinking they were all bad just cause they caught some young ass 150lb kid.

I hated them more than the thug life gangster security trying to flex muscles on little hipsters.

It's Funny How You Say Why Are We Paying Payed For It...We Actually Were Receiving No Pay For It, It's All Voluntary.
We're MAT [Marines Awaiting Training] And Took Out Our Own Personal Time To Do Something In The California Community
And Eventually We Will Be Shipping Overseas To Defend Your Ass And Your Freedom Of Speech To Talk Shit About Us When You Have Little To No Knowledge Of The Situation.
What Have You Done For Your Country?
Oohrah

kronz420

04-22-2009, 05:31 PM

brochella for sure. Keep the marines away from hippies. Its a recipe for diaster that goes back for years and years

JustSteve

04-22-2009, 05:34 PM

I saw all this too! I was at my locker at the time and all I saw was some dude being taken down. Wicked!!

On friday I tackled a guy with a sign that said free hugs. I saw the sign ran at full sprint and had at him! Im only 5'5" and a buck twenty so he was fine. Good times!

waterboy style? nice.

JustSteve

04-22-2009, 05:36 PM

We fucked it up haha. Btw it wasnt sneaking at all, it was just gonna be a bum rush. Yeah that was me, i was in front. We ended up at the Camping side because they had the front tore up. And broke in trough there hehe.
BTW
Fuck you haha. Cause I made it in crashing the gates all three days. Hahahaha So i dunno what you go.

hopefully karma anally rapes you soon.

Kerowackattack

04-22-2009, 05:41 PM

Right when I entered the festival on Saturday (@5 b/c of gddmn traffic), I saw a guy kind of just jog through the entrance with a back pack on, just like, looking excited and not so suspicious, then book it 15 ft. into his jog to amazing success. He was swallowed by the crowd as 2 security dudes tried to find him.

(I even mentioned to my friends in line that sprinting through seemed like the best way to sneak in, and wondered why nobody did it)
apparently it is done. well done.

leo01g

04-22-2009, 05:55 PM

haha yeah i saw about 20 or more people trying to run in on sunday but they all ended up getting caught

quicksand

04-22-2009, 06:48 PM

We fucked it up haha. Btw it wasnt sneaking at all, it was just gonna be a bum rush. Yeah that was me, i was in front. We ended up at the Camping side because they had the front tore up. And broke in trough there hehe.
BTW
Fuck you haha. Cause I made it in crashing the gates all three days. Hahahaha So i dunno what you go.

Yeah way to puss out on that bum rush. I'm sure you and your buddies could have made it to at least the dome before a security guard, or one of the 70,000+ people who paid to go tackled you for being a fucking dick. I hope one night you ironically end up crashing your car through a gate and die.

emtgreg

04-23-2009, 09:42 AM

i will say thanks to the volunteers, generally its a miserable but neccesary job...

you may whine about the searches, but no one has died on the polo grounds yet (knock on wood) and alot of that has to do with the fact that they search pretty well, stuff gets through, but in small enough amounts that people don't od...

also, we pay good fucking money to get into this fest, and it may be cute to see a few hipsters make a run for it, generally they threaten the livelyhood of the festival, and increase ticket prices for the rest of us...

Bandwagon

04-23-2009, 11:35 AM

Are we really paying those military assholes to guard a fuckin music festival. This is bullshit! Ship them to Iraq. Or Afghanistan. To do what they really signed up for.

I saw all this go down and saw them shaking hands thinking they were all bad just cause they caught some young ass 150lb kid.

I hated them more than the thug life gangster security trying to flex muscles on little hipsters.

Oh noez! :(
Marines are peoples too! :)
If you've gotta judge people, then judge people on an individual level.
There are good and bad people in the Corps.
To the good ones, thanks for watching my six, since 1775.
Sorry that some peeps had a bad time. Bummer, man.
I loved Coachella and can hardly wait to go back. :D

cbrl23

04-23-2009, 06:11 PM

I'm 6'1" and clock in at about 265lbs so when they realized I was legal, and wasn't gonna put up a fight, I could see the relief on their faces. Through out the whole weekend they were just killing these hipster kids. You could tell that thought process changed with me. Funneh!

on Saturday my GF got in first and I was getting my backpack checked, she was waiting for me, but the guard told her to move away from the entrance, after they scanned my ticket I ran to where my GF was, then I saw a skinny guy in a beige polo trying to get in my way, when hugged my GF, he just smiled and walked away.

Cpt. Funkaho

04-23-2009, 06:28 PM

So You Know, Us Marines Did Not Receive ANY Pay It Was All Voluntary

May You All Know That Marines Will Also Be Hired This Weekend For Stagecoach So We Will Likely Be Offering Another Tackling Show @ The Front Gates

This guy = pretty cool. Honest about what he is, works the festival for free (keeping our ticket costs down), and gets to tackle all the assholes he can catch.

We fucked it up haha. Btw it wasnt sneaking at all, it was just gonna be a bum rush. Yeah that was me, i was in front. We ended up at the Camping side because they had the front tore up. And broke in trough there hehe.
BTW
Fuck you haha. Cause I made it in crashing the gates all three days. Hahahaha So i dunno what you go.

This guy = total asshole. Crashes the gates at the fest without paying (driving ticket costs UP), with a bunch of friends (also assholes), is completely unrepentant for what is socially unacceptable and illegal behavior in complete contradiction to the spirit of the festival. Fuck you, and I hope you one day get what's coming to you (for the curious: sodomization).

Campbell

04-24-2009, 06:30 AM

This guy = total asshole. Crashes the gates at the fest without paying (driving ticket costs UP), with a bunch of friends (also assholes), is completely unrepentant for what is socially unacceptable and illegal behavior in complete contradiction to the spirit of the festival. Fuck you, and I hope you one day get what's coming to you (for the curious: sodomization).
I think you are way too uptight. Also, fuck all narcs.

Tauguy

05-02-2009, 02:52 PM

This guy = pretty cool. Honest about what he is, works the festival for free (keeping our ticket costs down), and gets to tackle all the assholes he can catch.

This guy = total asshole. Crashes the gates at the fest without paying (driving ticket costs UP), with a bunch of friends (also assholes), is completely unrepentant for what is socially unacceptable and illegal behavior in complete contradiction to the spirit of the festival. Fuck you, and I hope you one day get what's coming to you (for the curious: sodomization).

Remember the fireworks at Paul McCartney? Fucking sweet as hell.
The asian guy next to me did the sweetest moonwalk when he saw them, I busted up laughing hahhaha.

djandrews25

05-02-2009, 03:00 PM

on saturday my friend went in the camping entrance, didnt have his ticket scanned. Left and then came back in and didnt have his ticket scanned again.

boarderwoozel3

05-02-2009, 03:11 PM

I wish I saw this. Very funny.

frazzles

05-02-2009, 03:35 PM

Are we really paying those military assholes to guard a fuckin music festival. This is bullshit! Ship them to Iraq. Or Afghanistan. To do what they really signed up for.

I saw all this go down and saw them shaking hands thinking they were all bad just cause they caught some young ass 150lb kid.

I hated them more than the thug life gangster security trying to flex muscles on little hipsters.

This is easily the stupidest, most contrived, insipid, prosaic, vapid, and downright retarded thing I've ever seen come out of anyone's vacuous cranium on these boards.

It's Funny How You Say Why Are We Paying Payed For It...We Actually Were Receiving No Pay For It, It's All Voluntary.
We're MAT [Marines Awaiting Training] And Took Out Our Own Personal Time To Do Something In The California Community
And Eventually We Will Be Shipping Overseas To Defend Your Ass And Your Freedom Of Speech To Talk Shit About Us When You Have Little To No Knowledge Of The Situation.
What Have You Done For Your Country?
Oohrah

why the fuck did you capitalize every word of your statement?

mikeymikemikey

05-02-2009, 06:39 PM

i was denied re-entry to a venue one time. i jumped a 10 foot fence and fell all 10 feet on my back.. i couldnt breath for 2 minutes.. but i did get to watch the roots from the stage.

90215

05-02-2009, 10:15 PM

Screw jumping the fence. I snuck in a different way...

pocket

05-02-2009, 10:29 PM

Screw jumping the fence. I snuck in a different way...

was it in someones anus or va-jay jay?

90215

05-02-2009, 10:32 PM

was it in someones anus or va-jay jay?

No, but we were so desperate that was gonna be one of our options... I don't feel making my story public.

pocket

05-02-2009, 10:42 PM

No, but we were so desperate that was gonna be one of our options... I don't feel making my story public.

but you felt like making the comment you snuck in... lame.

90215

05-02-2009, 10:45 PM

but you felt like making the comment you snuck in... lame.

I'm so sorry. It's too long anyways, PM me if you wanna know that bad.

Trick Loves The Kids

05-04-2009, 01:03 PM

i can't tell if this thread is for real or not

WhyTheLongFace

05-04-2009, 01:13 PM

I saw none of this.

But when MIA invited 50 people on stage, I was watching dude tackle the rest of them was fucking hillarious! HILLARIOUS! Reminded me of that Reebok(?) commercial were dude is tackling them in the office.

SFChrissy

05-04-2009, 01:16 PM

no but I did walk thru with out getting my ticket scanned on friday...hahahaaa later that night I passed it on to a friend who needed it later in the evening...

75 Miles

05-04-2009, 01:28 PM

This is easily the stupidest, most contrived, insipid, prosaic, vapid, and downright retarded thing I've ever seen come out of anyone's vacuous cranium on these boards.

Are you missing some chromosomes or something?

I was going to simply tell him to fuck off. But you put it much more eloquently. Thanks for that.

75 Miles

05-04-2009, 01:28 PM

Are we really paying those military assholes to guard a fuckin music festival. This is bullshit! Ship them to Iraq. Or Afghanistan. To do what they really signed up for.

I saw all this go down and saw them shaking hands thinking they were all bad just cause they caught some young ass 150lb kid.

I hated them more than the thug life gangster security trying to flex muscles on little hipsters.

Also, fuck off.

dorkfish

05-04-2009, 01:50 PM

I have video of one of the tackles and subsequent roughing up of a guy who tried to fight them off. I'd post it, but I'm pro-tackling and roughing up of people trying to sneak in, and I know that my video would give the anti-tackling and roughing up people ammo.

marooko

05-04-2009, 02:37 PM

i would love to see that. wanna email it?

sfpothead

05-05-2009, 07:50 AM

It's amazing how easy people snuck in. I was at the front gate on friday and I saw about 5 kids casually walk over to the part of the line that was not open, hang out around the gates, and then all walk in very nonchalantly. No one said anything, no guard, nothing. I was pretty pissed because everyone on the boards said it was IMPOSSIBLE to sneak in.

hobomilitia

05-05-2009, 08:44 AM

damn, some gratuitous violence was the only thing missing from my coachella experience. maybe next year...